Moltmann Quotes

If I have a theological virtue, it is curiosity or inquisitiveness. — Jurgen Moltmann

Judgement immobilizes, only hopeful love leaves an opening for God's alternative future. — Jurgen Moltmann

Wisdom is an ethics of knowledge — Jurgen Moltmann

No where else in Christianity does the terrible or heroic name of Armageddon play such role as in America. Not even in the Revelation of John. — Jurgen Moltmann

The present time of believers is no longer determined by the past. It takes its definition from the future. — Jurgen Moltmann

The church's final word is not 'church' but the glory of the Father and the Son in the Spirit of liberty — Jurgen Moltmann

Well, first I would ask them if they had read the Bible; then I would ask them if they had understood it. — Jurgen Moltmann

The question about the end bursts out of the torment of history and the intolerableness of historical existence. — Jurgen Moltmann

[Christian theology] awakens pain over the present internal and external enslavements of human beings — Jurgen Moltmann

The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers. — Jurgen Moltmann

Moltmann indicates, "the Church can only be apostolic when it takes up its cross. Its apostolic succession is the succession of the suffering Christ — Henry G. Covert

As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective. — Jurgen Moltmann

Resistance is the protest of those who hope, and hope is the feast of the people who resist. — Jurgen Moltmann

There are various names for this 'Spirit of Life' because there are various life experiences. — Jurgen Moltmann

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him. — Jurgen Moltmann

The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become God. — Jurgen Moltmann

Anyone who believes in the power of God and the power of Satan can surely not be viewed as a pure monotheist. — Jurgen Moltmann

Passion is loving something enough to suffer for it. — Jurgen Moltmann

When the crucified Jesus is called "the image of the invisible God," the meaning is that THIS is God, and God is like THIS. — Jurgen Moltmann

Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others. — Jurgen Moltmann

Despair can be like an iron band constricting the heart. — Jurgen Moltmann

The crucified Christ has become a stranger to the civil religion of the First World and to that world's Christianity. — Jurgen Moltmann

To reinvent your own country you need a great audacity of hope. — Jurgen Moltmann

The triune God will indwell the world in a divine way - the world will indwell God in a creaturely way. — Jurgen Moltmann